Re: apt-pinning problem regarding an unstable package
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:00:15 -0400 Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> wrote:
> >>>>> "Carlos" == Carlos Sousa <csousa@tvtel.pt> writes:
> Carlos> Anyone knows why apt ignores the apt-pinning for the
> Carlos> openoffice.org package from unstable? Is it because it's
> coming Carlos> from a machine other than the ones under .debian.org?
>
> apt gets the release version of an archive from the Release file that
> it fetches from the server. Obviously the openoffice.org archive
> either doesn't have a Release file, or its Release file doesn't
> identify it as being unstable. Most non-debian.org archives (at least
> the ones I've seen) don't have Release files.
Yes, that must be it. There is no Release file for this archive in my
/var/lib/apt/lists.
Thanks.
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Carlos Sousa
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